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2008
Served as team captain...recipient of the Dr. James Puffer Loyalty and Contribution Award at the team's season-ending banquet - is the only player in program history to twice earn the Puffer Award (also earned the award as a junior)...played in 23 matches, making 22 starts...scored seven goals on 18 attempts, scoring at a 39 percent rate...totaled 13 earned exclusions, four blocks and four steals...scored in six matches...logged a season-high two goals in an MPSF road victory at Pacific (Oct. 26).
2007
Played in all 28 matches, making two starts...scored 10 goals on 22 attempts, converting at a 45 percent clip...collected five steals, five assists and two blocks...recipient of the Dr. James Puffer Loyalty and Contribution Award at the team's season-ending banquet...scored at least one goal in eight matches...tallied a career-high three goals in UCLA's 13-9 victory over Stanford at the NorCal Tournament (Sept. 16)...also scored one goal in each of the Bruins' first three matches.
2006
Did not play.
2005
Played in all 29 matches...scored 13 goals on 20 attempts...also added six assists and six steals...posted four two-goal efforts - against Chaminade (Sept. 3) in his first collegiate contest, BYU-Hawaii (Sept. 3), Chaminade (Sept. 4) and UC Santa Cruz (Oct. 30).
2004
Redshirted.
High School
Played under head coach Marcelo Adas for three years at Soquel High School...earned All-America second-team honors as a senior...captured All-America honorable mention accolades as a junior and sophomore...was named an All-California-Hawaii team selection of final three seasons...earned first-team All-League honors and first-team All-Section accolades as a senior...helped lead Soquel to the CIF Central Coast Section title as a junior.
Personal
Full name: Russell Adam Simpkins...born November 5, 1985 in Santa Cruz, CA...older sister, Alana, played water polo at and graduated from Santa Clara...parents are Bill and Brigid...father, Bill, played water polo at Stanford and introduced him to the sport...geography major.
| Russell Simpkins' Career Statistics |
| Year |
GP/GS |
G |
ATT |
PCT |
AST |
STL |
| 2005 |
29/0 |
13 |
20 |
65% |
6 |
6 |
| 2007 |
28/2 |
10 |
22 |
45% |
5 |
5 |
| 2008 |
23/22 |
7 |
18 |
39% |
1 |
4 |
| Totals |
80/24 |
30 |
60 |
50% |
12 |
15 |
